President William Ruto hosted private security officers at State House Thursday, August 6. I am instructing all government agencies to expunge reference to private security officers as watchmen and guards," the president said. And since we sent the colonialists away, you are no longer watchmen but private security officers," Ruto told the gathering. Laws to be amended within 60 daysThe president identified four specific legal instruments that will require amendment: the Private Security Regulatory Authority Act, the General Wages Order, the Private Security Wages Order, and the Private Security Regulation Act. "The laws for the Private Security Regulatory Authority, General Wages Order, Private Security Wages Order, and the Private Security Regulation Act will all be changed and you all have names that preserve your dignity as private security officers," Ruto said.